Sanyo Review

I bought this camera mostly for on travel.
But it is just real goood

720 HD. wich works real good, it gives a really good picture. As it says it is indeed waterproof. (for 1 hour at 1.5M atleast :-D).
Very nice color when lighting is good.
But when you go above ISO 200 it gets grainy and a lot of loss of quality.

See here for a a small test video: http://vimeo.com/19356999)


It is small and perfect.
But because it's small it has sometimes shaky pictures
Thats all

Dries

Camcorder

Hello everybody (if somebody is reading this),

I got myselve a camcorder. Mostly for filming travels but also for some video reviews. Normally it will arrive this week.
Oh, and by the way it's the Sanyo Xacti VPC-CA9.

It is very compact and waterproof ( to a depth of 1,5m). I really like this cause this means I don't have to worry if it gets a bit wet while filming in the rain.
But enough about this camcorder. I will post something review like after i tested it a few days.


Wolves have no king

Dries

Review:Sleeping Bag millet Baikal 1000

After some downtime I am back.
And as promised: The review for the Baikal 1000.

I bought this bag end October. I first wanted to buy the Baikal 750 but the nice lady in the shop told me it was not a good allround bag, more a summer bag.
So after some thinking I walked out with this beauty.

It weighs 1 kilo and has a lenght of 185 cm.
I used it for 1 week continuously. And it did its job pretty well. I felt no cold and was really comfortable. The average temprature at night must have been between 5°C and 0°C.
Millet claims it will easily withstand temperatures of 3°C and it truly does.
The only small problem is that it is a tight fit. I am just (but really just) big enough.
But that's personal.

I haven't done a in-field test but that will come later in the year 2011.


This sleeping bag is just a good bag that does its job. A fine and light bga that is ideal for hiking.


I can't wait until i get it into the field.


Dries

Winter is back in town!!!!

The first snow fell this day!!
Finally the best season of the year is coming.



I have some news: I bought the biakal 1000 of Millet. And i'm gonna do a nice review about it.
You can expect it before 6 december!!!


Dries

We travel to where our soul is...

Today I thought up this little sentence. I was looking at the movie Into the wild and this sentence just came up. It is the second best sentence that tellls what I feel about traveling and hiking.

I mean, When people travel to some far away they easily say that they could live there for ever. We go to new places to flee away from the stressfull life. We wanna relax.

I just wanna feel freedom. Not to worry about going to a specific place and need to get there at a certain time. Just to walk and stop when I wanna stop...


Wolves Have No King....

Dries

Update

Back after a long time.
Here are the things you need to know that happend after the last blog:

1. I got a job at a Outdoor shop. I work in the big warehous. It is a Temporarily job, I'm still searching for a real job. ( as a salesman in a outdoor shop)
   
2. I decided I am gonna walk the West Highland Way. This is a very nice 152 km long route in Scotland. It runs from the outskirts of Glasgow to Ben Nevis (the highest mountain of Scotland.)

For more I promise i will bring some nice reviews about gear I am gonna buy. Such as:

• A new Lighter sleeping bag. The one I now own weighs 1,5 kg.
  
• Hiking socks. Some strong good one (Bridgedales or Icebreaker)
• Some Shirts and pants. From various brands.

Dries

Young Pup Hike 3: Day 2

Breakfeast: Bread, Cheese and cactus thea

Departure: 8.50 am

Target: Blankenberge

Arrival at Target: Didn't got there

Dinner: cakes and water

Supper: At home

Woke up at 8 am. First I putted the kettle on and and start to break up my tent. Had some breakfeast and got going.

Halfway the next city i got a phone for a job the next day.

So Instead of going to Blankenberge, I went to the train station and got to Home. ( eveything for a job, wright?)

So my vacation was shortened quite a bit but I'm happy with this first job offer.

Mostly My back and shoulders hurt. The pain in my shoulders is mostly because I have the wrong size of backpack. I am gonna buy a new one.

Maybe it wil be the Abisko from Fjällräven. Or maybe the Deuter I wrote about some earlier this year. We'll see.

I will plan a bigger trip So finally I can do decent trip. But I have work :-D

Wolves have no king,

Dries